Hangang Sleep Competition Schedule: May 2, 2026 Time and Venue Guide

The 2026 Hangang Sleep Competition schedule is set for Saturday, May 2, 2026, from 15:00 to 18:00 at Yeouido Hangang Park Multi Plaza in Seoul. The event is free for selected participants, but applications have already closed and the 170-person participant list has been chosen.¹

For readers checking the event one day before it takes place, the key planning point is simple: the official program runs for three hours in the afternoon, participation is limited to those already selected, and citizens may watch on site.²

Hangang Sleep Competition Schedule for May 2, 2026

The official Hangang Park event notice lists the 2026 event for 15:00 to 18:00 on May 2 at Yeouido Hangang Park Multi Plaza. Its program order is participant registration, opening ceremony and meditation, the main competition, result judging, then awards and closing.¹

That order matters because this is not a casual walk-up activity for anyone who wants to join on the day. Selected participants are part of a managed contest schedule, beginning with registration before the sleep competition itself. The source material does not provide a separate public-entry deadline, seating plan, rain plan, or transport notice, so readers should rely on the confirmed afternoon time window and venue.

The Seoul Spring Festival program page also identifies the Hangang Sleep Competition as a May 2 hands-on experience program at Yeouido Hangang Park Multi Plaza. It listed advance registration as opening at 11:00 on April 16, 2026, and participant selection confirmation as scheduled for April 24, 2026.³

Because the current date is May 1, 2026, the event is scheduled for the following day. Anyone planning to go should treat 15:00 to 18:00 as the confirmed core schedule and use official event channels for any operational notice not included in the published source material.

Venue, Participants, and Public Viewing

The event venue is Yeouido Hangang Park Multi Plaza. Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the 2026 Hangang Sleep Competition would be held there at 15:00 on May 2, and the Hangang Park event notice gives the same date and venue with the full 15:00-18:00 schedule.⁴¹

Participation is already closed. Seoul Metropolitan Government said 170 participants were selected from application stories submitted between April 16 and April 20, 2026.⁴ The official event notice also listed the fee as free, the application method as online application, and the capacity as 170 people.¹

For people who were not selected, the available public-facing detail is viewing. Yonhap, carried by Financial News, reported that citizens may watch the event at the venue and that a Best Dresser selection will also be held alongside the main competition.² Kyunghyang Shinmun reported that the Best Dresser element involves citizen voting for distinctive sleepwear.⁵

The 2026 competition is the third edition of the event. Seoul Metropolitan Government said the event began in 2024 and is being held for the third time in 2026.⁴ Park Jin-young, head of Seoul’s Future Hangang Headquarters, described the concept as turning “rest itself into content,” a concise way to understand why the event is built around sleep rather than performance.⁴

How the Contest Works

The contest asks selected participants to maintain sleep while facing playful disturbances. Seoul Metropolitan Government said disturbance elements include feathers and mosquito sounds, and that judging is based on deep-sleep time and sleep quality.⁴

Other source material describes the same competitive idea in practical terms: participants are evaluated on their ability to stay in a deep sleep state despite external stimuli. The Seoul Spring Festival program page lists the judging method as heart-rate measurement and identifies award categories including Honey Sleep Award, Best Dresser Award, and Participation Award.³

The published information does not provide a full scoring formula, device specification, or tie-break rule. What is available is enough for readers to understand the public schedule and competition concept: this is a structured sleep contest, not an open nap zone, and the outcome depends on measured sleep performance during the event.

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